مَنْ مِثْلُ أحمد
Who is like Ahmad?
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اللهْ اللهُ اللهْ اللهُ
اللهْ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ اللهُ
Allah Allahu Allah Allahu
Allah Allahu tabāraka Allahu
Allah Allah, Allah Allah
Allah Allah, blessed is Allah!
مَنْ مِثْلُ أَحْمَدَ فِي الكَوْنَيْنِ نَهْوَاهُ
بَدْرٌ جَمِيعُ الوَرَى فِي حُسْنِهِ تَاهُوا
man mithlu aḥmada fīl kawnayni nahwāhu
badrun jamīʿul warā fī ḥusnihi tāhū
Who is like Ahmad in the two abodes?
The full moon, all of creation is lost and overwhelmed by his beauty
مَن مِثْلُهُ وَ إِلَهُ الْعَرْشِ شَرَّفَهُ
بِالْخَلْقِ وَ الْخُلْقِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعْطَاهُ
man mithluhu wa ilahul ʿarshi sharrafahu
bil khalqi wal khulqi inna Allaha aʿṭāhu
Who is like him? The Lord of the mighty throne has honoured him
In character and creation, indeed, God has granted him.
وَالشَّمْسُ تَخْجَلُ مِنْ أَنْوَارِ طَلْعَتِهِ
حَارَتْ عُقُولُ الْوَرَى فِي فَهْمِ مَعْنَاهُ
wash shamsu takhjalu min anwāri ṭalʿatihi
ḥārat ʿuqūlul warā fī fahmi maʿnāhu
And the sun blushes from the lights of his rise.
People's minds blaze while depicting his essence.
تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ مَا أَحْلَى شَمَائِلَهُ
حَازَ الْجَمَالَ فَمَا أَبْهَى مُحَيَّاهُ
tabāraka Allahu mā aḥlā shamā’ilahu
ḥāzal jamāla famā abhā muḥayyāhu
Blessed is God, how sweet are his characteristics,
He possessed beauty, how bright his visage.
يَا عُرْبَ وَادِي النَّقَى يَا أَهْلَ كَاظِمَةٍ
فِي حَيِّكُمْ قَمَرٌ فِي الْقَلْبِ مَثْوَاهُ
yā ʿurba wādīn naqā yā ahla kāẓimatin
fī ḥayyikum qamarun fīl qalbi mathwāhu
O Arabs of Wadi al-Nuqa, O people of Kadhima,
In your neighborhood, a moon resides as the abode in the heart.
صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ إِلَهُ الْعَرْشِ مَا طَلَعَتْ
شَمْسٌ وَ مَا حَدْحَدَ الْحَادِي مَطَايَاهُ
ṣallā ʿalayhi ilahul ʿarshi mā ṭalaʿat
shamsun wa mā ḥadḥadal ḥādī maṭāyāhu
Peace be upon him, God of the Throne, as the sun has risen,
No sun nor guide has matched his paths
اللهُ بِالْمَدْحِ لِلْمُخْتارِ مَنَّ عَلَيّْ
عَسَى يُرى لِيَ بَيْنَ المَادِحِيْنَ حَلَي
Allahu bil madḥi lilmukhtāri manna ʿalayy
ʿasā yurā liya baynal mādiḥiyna ḥalaī
Allah has gifted us with the praise of the chosen one,
Perhaps I’ll be seen among those who praise his name
إِذَا أَتَيْتُ لِأَقْرَا الصُّحْفَ مِنْ عَمَلِيْ
مَالِي سِوَى مَنْ لَهُ فَضْلٌ يُشِيْرُ إِلَىّ
idhā ataytu liaqraṣ ṣuḥfa min ʿamaliy
mālī siwā man lahu faḍlun yushiyru ilā
When I come to read the record of my deeds
None do I have but He of bounty, who directs His grace to me
مُحَمَّدٌ سَيِّدُ الكَوْنَيْنِ وَالثَّقَلَيْـنِ
وَالفَرِيقَيْنِ مِنْ عُرْبٍ وَمِنْ عَجَمِ
muḥammadun sayyidul kawnayni wath thaqalayni
wal farīqayni min ʿurbin wamin ʿajami
Muhammad is the master of the two worlds, master of the jinn and men,
And master of the two groups, Arabs and non-Arabs
هُوَ الحَبِيبُ الذِّي تُرْجَى شَفَاعَتُهُ
لِكُلِّ هَوْلٍ مِنَ الأَهْوَالِ مُقْتَحَمِ
huwal ḥabībudh dhī turjā shafāʿatuhu
likulli hawlin minal ahwāli muqtaḥami
He is the beloved one, whose intercession is hoped for
Against all the terrifying things that take us by storm
نَبِيُّنَا الآمِرُ النَّاهِي فَلاَ أَحَدٌ
أَبَرَّ فِي قَوْلِ لاَ مِنْهُ وَلاَ نَعَمِ
nabiyyunal āmirun nāhī fala aḥadun
abarra fī qawli la minhu wala naʿami
Our Prophet, who commands the good and forbids the wrong,
There is no one truer to his word, whether it be ‘yes’ or ‘no’
كَالزَّهْرِ فِي تَرَفٍ وَالبَدْرِ فِي شَرَفٍ
وَالبَحْرِ فِي كَرَمٍ وَالدَّهْرِ فِي هِمَمِ
kaz zahri fī tarafin wal badri fī sharafin
wal baḥri fī karamin wad dahri fī himami
Like a flower in freshness and a full moon in eminence,
Like an ocean in pure generosity and like Time itself In strength of resolution
يِا رَبِّ بِالمُصْطَفَى بَلِّغْ مَقَاصِدَنَا
وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا مَا مَضَى يَا وَاسِعَ الكَرَمِ
yiā rabbi bil muṣṭafā balligh maqāṣidanā
wagh fir lanā mā maḍā yā wāsiʿal karami
O my Lord, by the Chosen One, let us attain all that we are hoping for,
And pardon us for what has passed, O Boundlessly Generous One
وَاغْفِرْ إِلَهِي لِكُلِ المُسْلِمِينَ بِمَا
يَتْلُونَ فِي المَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى وَفِي الحَرَمِ
wagh fir ilahī likulil muslimīna bimā
yatlūna fīl masjidil aqṣā wafīl ḥarami
And, O God, forgive all the Muslims their wrong actions,
By that which they recite in the Masjid al-Aqsa, As well as in the Ancient Sanctuary
بِجَاهِ مَنْ بَيْتُهُ فِي طَيْبَةٍ حَرَمٌ
وَإسْمُهُ قَسَمٌ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْقَسَمِ
bijāhi man baytuhu fī ṭaybatin ḥaramun
wa asmuhu qasamun min aʿẓamil qasami
By the rank of the one whose dwelling is a sanctuary in Tayba
And whose very name is one of the greatest of oaths